so today they laid of over 60 people at netshops. i was one of them. i'm not sure if this is sad or not. i mean, i'm really upset that i dont have a job right now. but i'm not so sad that i dont work at netshops anymore. i was the last one "laid off" in my department. at that point i was so upset i just cried and i didnt really say goodbye to ( Read more... )

Transitioning friends is a complicated business. And often confusing. When I say transitioning friends I mean going from say acquaintances, or friend of a friend, to friend. Say your friends with bob and bob is friends with Mary. You and Mary hang out together often with bob, but never on your own. Should you call up Mary and hang out sometime ( Read more... )

what an amazing surprise!
while out in the world today i discovered that gas had gone down under $2!!!
i couldn't believe it!!
how sad is it that this is the best news i've heard all week?

tonight i'm going to buffalo wild wings with some friends from work to sing karaoke.
it should be interesting.
also it's supposed to snow tonight and/or tomorrow and all i have to say about that is:
FIRED.

last night we had an impromptu party at thea and aarons house in honor of their friend matt who was driving through and decided to stop for the night and visit. friends come over and we talked and listened to music and enjoyed togetherness. it didn't last very long, and it didn't solve any problems, and nothing meaningful came of it, except that ( Read more... )

today it decided to snow and me and emily are stuck in nebraska city. its not too bad, since i didnt really want to do anything anyway. thea and aaron actually called and wanted to hang out, b/c they got bored at their fancy hotel on their anniversary. i think i need to have a talk with you, thea. let's hang out next week ( Read more... )

this week is going by soooooooooooooooooo sssssssssllllllllllllooooooooooowwwwwwwwwwwww ( Read more... )

three poems i love by ee cummings. i almost bought an ee cummings book the other day, but it didnt have two of my favorite poems, so i didnt ( Read more... )

so there's not much longer until Christmas and i dont have presents for anyone yet. actually, i have one present and that's for maggie. and i know what i'm getting josh and emily and christa. that's it. that might be all the presents i actually buy. my friends are all awesome and in the same predictament as me, mainly we don't have any money ( Read more... )

so this weekend two of my friends (strangely both named emily) will be boarding planes and flying to see boys. yes boys! i know! what will i be doing this weekend? working, most likely. doesn't seem fair, does it? i mean, i'm happy for my friends, they have found something special, and they have the means to follow that happiness. it makes me ( Read more... )